Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trowel

1 sense of trowel

Sense 1
trowel -- (a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials)
       => hand tool -- (a tool used with workers' hands)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trowel

1 sense of trowel

Sense 1
trowel -- (use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work)
       => dig, delve, cut into, turn over -- (turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration")